Toy clock



Oct. 23, 1928.

S. C. VINCENT TOY CLOCK Filed Nov. 11, 1925 ill Patented Got. 23, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TOY CLOCK.

Application filed November 11. 1925 This invention relates to a toyclock, intendld entirely for the amusement of children.

The lirst object is to so simplify the con struction as to render itpossible to manufacture the toy at an insignificant cost, so that it maybe sold cheaply in such place, for instance, as five and ten centstores, and at the same time, be of such attractive character tochildren as to give them amusement to an eX- tent greatly out ofproportion to the cost of the article.

The invention contemplates a construction in which all the parts can bemade by simple itamping operations, and to so form the casing that itmay be readily and cheaply assembled,

and to make the internal. parts few in number, and at the same timecheap, and of such form that they will cooperate with the case inassemblin p; in the quickest and cheapest possible manner, at the sametime produce a device that operates perfectly for the purpose for Whichit is intended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face view of the clock with the upperportion of the front part of the casing broken away, and the bell insection.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the back section of the casing.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the front part of the casing lookingat its inside there of.

Figure L is a perspective View of the operatin g crank.

Figure 5 is a vertical section.

Figure 6 is a detail, showing the manner of attaching the front sectionof the casing to the rear section.

The case is made in two sections, stamped from single pieces of metal, afront section 1 and a back section 2. Each section is cupshape, and onthe front plate of the front section is provided clock-face markings,from 1 to 12, and preferably adjacent each number, and arranged incircular fashion around the face, are representations of animals andbirds. These, however, may be replaced by pictures of other objects of akind that would appeal to children.

The front section is provided with a central perforation 3 for thepassage of the stub of the crank member, which will be presentlydescribed. The flange of the front section is cut away at its top asindicated at 5 to provide a recess which permits the oscillation orvibration of the bell-clapper. This flange is further cut away asindicated at 6 and the cut Serial No. 68,384.

portions are bent down to form feet 7, which in conjunction with thelower edge of the back section, serve to support the clock in uprightpostion.

'Pivoted S in the lower part of the front section of the casing is thebell-clapper 9 which is formed of a single piece of meta]. shaped at itsupper end to form the striker 10. The hell-cla 'iper body is formed witha con tact point 11 and adjacent to this is a vertical recess 12.Cooperating with this contact point and recess, is the flat portion 13of the crank member 14. The flattened portion of the crank member hasintegral therewith a short reduced portion 13, which extends through andhas a bearing in the aperture 14% in the back section 2 ofthe casing.The crank member is formed of a single piece of metal and provided atone end with a short stub 15, which extends through the pcrfora tion 3in the front section. To this stub the hands 16 are attached. The crankportion is so bent as to form the crank handle 17, engaged by the handto rotate the crank member.

In operation whenthe parts are assembled, the edges of the flattenedportion 13 alternately engage the part 11 and the edge a of thebell-clapper which will cause the clapper to oscillate with a rapidityaccording to the rapidity with which the crank is turned. Thebell-clapper is cut away as indicated at 18 to clear the edge of theflattened portion 13 of the crank member 141.

The crank is rotated toward the person operating the toy and when oneedge of the part 13 engages the part 11 it will throw the bell-clapperin the direction of the arrow in Figure 5, and when said part engagesthe surface a, the bell-clapper will be operated in the oppositedirection, and so on.

It will be noted that the bell-clapper body is cut away in such a mannerthat the crank can be turned one way only, so that the hands 16 willturn in clockwise direction.

Supported on a stub 19 on the rear section of the casing is a bell 20,which is engaged by the striker 10 when the bell-clapper is oscillated.

The flange of the back section of the casing is formed with an annulargroove 21 which receives the short extending laterally flange of theopposite section. When the two sections are together, by a simplespinning operation a part of the metal of the back section is spun downover the flange, thus firmly securing the two sections of the casing together.

Claims- 1. A toy clock comprising a casing formed of two cup-shapesections, a bell-clapper formed of a single piece of metal and pivotedat its lower end to one of the sections, a crank member supported insaid sections and hav ing hand-attaching means at one end, and havingits other end bent to form an exterior crank handle said crank memberbeing formed within the casing with a plate like flattened portion,whose edges are adapted to engage alternately and directly, portions ofthe bell-clapper to cause the same to be oscillated when the crank isturned.

2. A toy clock comprising front and rear cup-shape portions constitutinga casing, a

bell-clapper formed of a single piece of metal and pivoted at its lowerend to the frontscction, said bell-clapper being formed with a headadapted to engage a bell, and also with portions adapted to be engagedby a portion of a crank member, said crank member being supported in thefront and rear sections and having hand-attaching means at one end, andhaving its other end bent to form an exterior crank handle, said crankmember being formed within the casing witn an intermediate plate whoseopposite edges are adapted to directly and alternately engage saidportions of the bell-clapper to oscillate the same when the crank handleis rotated.

In testimony whereof he atllxes his signature.

SIDNEY C. VIN CENT

